Dr SPS Khanuja possessing scientific leadership credentials as former Director, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP/ CSIR India) is also elected Fellow of National Academy of Science, India (FNASc) and National Academy of Agricultural Science (FNAAS). He is recipient of several awards and distinctions including: CSIR Technology Award in Life Sciences -2012, CSIR Award for Rural Development 2008 for Innovative Biovillage Strategy in Medicinal & aromatic Crops, VASVIK Award in Bioscience & Technology in 2008; Nina Saxena Excellence in Technology Award-2007 of IIT Kharagpur, FICCI Award 2004 -05 for Rural Development, IDMA-Patent Award in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 2004, AIBA-2000 Award for Agricultural Biotechnology; CSIR Technology Prize -1999 in Biological Sciences and Best Teacher Faculty Award-1995 of IARI, New Delhi. He combines in him a rare blend of conventional and modern biology with core expertise in agriculture, plant genetics, molecular biology and biotechnology and has translated his work of R&D into above 50 international technology and product patents with above 170 peer reviewed research publications to his credit. He has served as mentor to biotech and nutraceutical industries like NutraHelix Biotech, Do You Even Gym (DYEG), ProIN, Skies Life Technologies, NutriPlanet Foods. He is currently Founder & Chairperson of FloraFauna Science Foundation since 2015 and Founder Mentor of SKiES India for Bio-Agriculture Platform for enabling entrepreneurs since 2011. With government institutions, he ismember Research Advisory Council of NRC on Plant Biotechnology since 2017 and Advisor in the board of ICAR-NAARM at Hyderabad since July 2018.